The Big Yin was a regular at the legendary establishment 🍴
It was Glasgow's oldest Indian restaurant and the favourite curry house for generations of both ordinary locals and famous stars, including Billy Connolly, but the Koh-I-Noor is sadly no more.
Massively popular in its day, the Indian restaurant moved in the 1980s to Charing Cross, where it would earn legendary status and a clientele that included many of Glasgow's top showbiz personalities.Billy Connolly was a regular visitor to Koh-I-Noor and would often sit down to a delicious sag aloo, his favourite dish.
Singer Lulu and Hollywood actor Alan Cumming were also seen on occasion at the North Street establishment. Sign up to our Glasgow Live nostalgia newsletters for more local history and heritage content straight to your inboxCatherine Walker wrote: "My brother took me here for his 18th birthday. It was my first ever curry. Magic."Ali Snoussi added: "Happy, happy memories of a late night lamb bhuna & paratha!"
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